"You've got to allege some type of fault, grounds such as abandonment, adultery, mental cruelty and the like," said family law attorney and president elect of the Texas Family Law Foundation Warren Cole.

Cole said repealing the no fault filing will also force couples to air out their dirty laundry. Most divorce filings cite "insupportability" as the reason, in part to maintain a level of privacy.

"To expose their children to that, especially fosters one parent who continues to hold a grudge against the other parent. It defeats effective coparenting, if you will," said Cole.

A Texas lawmaker is hoping to get two bills passed that will make it more difficult for couples to divorce.

Cole said the two proposed bills will not only make it more expensive to get a divorce, since it will cost more to prove infidelity, abuse, etc, but it will also clog up the already backed-up family court system. Most trials will mean longer waiting times for litigants.

"Whether or not we pass it or not, I think it's a good debate to be had on the House floor about the effects of no-fault divorce on society, how we can continue to strengthen our families, and what we can do as a state to do that," said Krause. null